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Mellow Velo

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Amsterhammer said:
If he's a 'fanboy' he must have split personality issues.:D
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He is, honestly. He just has English language issues, Seems to be a common trait on this thread.

dadoorsron said:
Very impressive for lance to close a 30 second gap within one and halfK Or two I couldn't tell. He could of road pass the guys. He won't win the tour but 2nd still looks to be his!
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Obviously, fanboys experience learning difficulties.;)
 
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pmcg76 said:
This is funny...you dont know Belokki is one of the biggest Lance fanboys out there but has been very quiet this July, perhaps not surprising really.
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Quiet? Maybe because I go out more:p! It's summer for Gods sake:rolleyes:

And I'm not a fanboy, I'm a supporter! Big difference! People got cought up so much in the hating,they forgot how much this sportsman achieved in his life! But thats a boring ttopic isn't it? Gossiping and hating is a lot more interesting;)

PS Lance is doing great:D
 
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dadoorsron said:
Very impressive for lance to close a 30 second gap after the lead group stopped riding within one and halfK Or two I couldn't tell. He could of road pass the guys. He won't win the tour but 2nd still looks to be his!
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I fixed your post for you ;)
 
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Cobber said:
Wow..... what a load of crap!
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Even I agree. If LA and JB are starting a team I think LA will ride next year to help it launch and get the team some publicity. He knows he cant compete with the young guns.
The only thing I wonder is if AC goes to another team next year, will he be successful. Going to another team could mean he doesnt have the mountain support he has now. Of course he will do well on his own, but how well?
 
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Even I agree. If LA and JB are starting a team I think LA will ride next year to help it launch and get the team some publicity. He knows he cant compete with the young guns.
The only thing I wonder is if AC goes to another team next year, will he be successful. Going to another team could mean he doesnt have the mountain support he has now. Of course he will do well on his own, but how well?
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:eek:...............
 
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On the complexity of Lance Armstrong from co-author Sally Jenkins... I'm impressed that she does not deny that he is an insufferable jerk.

Sally Jenkins said:
New York, N.Y.: Lance Armstrong is three things:

1) American 2) Champion, and 3) Insufferable jerk.

Why do the media take advantage of the first two items and cover up the last one?
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Sally Jenkins: Well, look. All champions have an insufferable jerk in them. The qualities that enable him to descend a mountainside at 75 mph, or to climb Alps on a bike that car transmissions have a hard time pulling up, are not the qualities that are always great at the dinner table. Champions are curt, focused, self-absorbed, and single-minded. If you encounter Armstrong in the midst of the Tour, he's not the warmest guy in the world. But if you meet him in September when he is wearing flip flops and drinking a beer, he's utterly charming. He's become a good friend of mine as well as co-author, so I am obviously biased. But I've had a decade to decide whether he's a jerk underneath it all, and, to me, he isn't. He's does more work than any athlete I've ever known for other people. His work for cancer patients is a hundred percent genuine, and the leading motivator of his life.
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Complete interview:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2009/07/16/DI2009071602619.html

75 mph??? Even downhill, that's 120kph. I don't think so.
 
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frizzlefry said:
Even I agree. If LA and JB are starting a team I think LA will ride next year to help it launch and get the team some publicity. He knows he cant compete with the young guns.
The only thing I wonder is if AC goes to another team next year, will he be successful. Going to another team could mean he doesnt have the mountain support he has now. Of course he will do well on his own, but how well?
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I think there is a good chance that he follows JB. Does anyone know, definitively, if he has a contract with Team Astana or with JB's company?
 
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Publicus said:
I think there is a good chance that he follows JB. Does anyone know, definitively, if he has a contract with Team Astana or with JB's company?
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I agree. All the animosity aside, in the end he will win again with JB and this time even with LA, and that will count for a lot, all the way around.

Edit: according to this 10/08 cycling weekly article, "Contador’s contract with Astana currently runs until the end of 2010 "
http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/345844/contador-to-stay-with-astana-and-armstrong.html
 
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Ninety5rpm said:
Check out the title of this article!

Why Lance Armstrong is choosing NOT to win this year's Tour de France

And, no, it's not in the The Onion!
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Well, somebody has to clue in the fanboys, so that they aren't lost for an excuse, tomorrow.
They'd better have another go. This one flies about as good as your average pig.

Maybe that's why Mr Jokehammer and BYU have gone all quiet?
Thinking caps on, planning their Chokebacker defence.:rolleyes:
 
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After seeing Johan Bruyneel's article just posted on CN. There is no doubt about it Lance and Johan is starting a Nike team. With Lance's twitter saying he is announcing a team Thursday you know Astana is done with! Contador, Unless he gets on Garmin or Columbia, I can't see any team strong enough to help support him. You Know without a doubt Levi will be going with Lance and Johan. Specially how close lance and Levi have been this year. Maybe a George would come over to the team? Yet this is all speculation. It will be a very interesting announcement thursday.
 
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Contador doesn't need JB to be successful, but another year of Contador fighting with another alpha male (Vino) will be tedious at best. Not sure if they'd let him out of the last year of his contract, but if he stays, and a few of the current tour roster stay, he'll be fine.

I think Horner and Levi are gone. Let's see where the other chips fall.
 
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Mellow Velo said:
Well, somebody has to clue in the fanboys, so that they aren't lost for an excuse, tomorrow.
They'd better have another go. This one flies about as good as your average pig.

Maybe that's why Mr Jokehammer and BYU have gone all quiet?
Thinking caps on, planning their Chokebacker defence.:rolleyes:
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Playing around with monikers is pretty juvenile, you disappoint me by stooping to such a level, though I suppose it shows how desperate hateboy world is getting.:rolleyes:

Now, either you're blind, stupid, mischievous, or all three. If you weren't, you'd know that I've never shot my mouth off about LA will do 'this' or he'll do 'that' or that he has a chance of beating AC. I don't share the psychotic hatred of you and your gang, but I'm certainly not the blind worshiper you seem to mistake me for. I do applaud him for what he's done for cancer awareness, but let's not go there again, since the subject leads to apoplectic fits in some.
 
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dadoorsron said:
After seeing Johan Bruyneel's article just posted on CN. There is no doubt about it Lance and Johan is starting a Nike team. With Lance's twitter saying he is announcing a team Thursday you know Astana is done with! Contador, Unless he gets on Garmin or Columbia, I can't see any team strong enough to help support him. You Know without a doubt Levi will be going with Lance and Johan. Specially how close lance and Levi have been this year. Maybe a George would come over to the team? Yet this is all speculation. It will be a very interesting announcement thursday.
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Depends if LL is still under contract and if Astana lets him break it. But, LL will go if he can for sure.

I wouldn't worry about Contador. He'll have no trouble getting on a strong team, Remember, he had a done deal with Garmin when it looked like Astana would collapse. A Wiggins/Contador team would be pretty crazy. Columbia could do with a real GT rider too though it presents some problems for Cav.
 
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Amsterhammer said:
I don't share the psychotic hatred of you and your gang, but I'm certainly not the blind worshiper you seem to mistake me for. I do applaud him for what he's done for cancer awareness, but let's not go there again, since the subject leads to apoplectic fits in some.
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All or nothing thinking is a mentally lazy approach. It's much more convenient to water everything down into black or white, good vs evil, etc. than to see subtleties, nuance, and compromise.

There are a lot of people in the middle of the road with you. We need a clever nickname that will stick tho. A term that quickly communicates the presence of good judgement, common sense, objectivity, etc.
 
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lean said:
All or nothing thinking is a mentally lazy approach. It's much more convenient to water everything down into black or white, good vs evil, etc. than to see subtleties and compromise.

There are a lot of people in the middle of the road with you. We need a clever nickname that will stick tho. A term that quickly communicates the presence of good judgement, common sense, objectivity, etc.
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(not directing this specifically towards you) But when people in the "middle of the road" predominately defend one specific point of view, I would suggest that their middle of the roadness masks their true beliefs.
 
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Amsterhammer said:
Playing around with monikers is pretty juvenile, you disappoint me by stooping to such a level, though I suppose it shows how desperate hateboy world is getting.:rolleyes:
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I think he was referring to Jackhammer as Jokehammer, not you. You have been posting all along so doesnt fit in, Jackhammer has been banned and BYU has truly vanished. You have been confused with Jackhammer before so I think you got confused this time or maybe I missed a previous post somewhere.

I dont think AC needs Astana at all, yes they won the TT but Contador has been the strongest with or without Astana. He would have been just as good at Caisse d'Epargne even if they are not having a great Tour.
 
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Amsterhammer said:
Playing around with monikers is pretty juvenile, you disappoint me by stooping to such a level, though I suppose it shows how desperate hateboy world is getting.:rolleyes:

Now, either you're blind, stupid, mischievous, or all three. If you weren't, you'd know that I've never shot my mouth off about LA will do 'this' or he'll do 'that' or that he has a chance of beating AC. I don't share the psychotic hatred of you and your gang, but I'm certainly not the blind worshiper you seem to mistake me for. I do applaud him for what he's done for cancer awareness, but let's not go there again, since the subject leads to apoplectic fits in some.
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Amster complaining about other posters? Say it isn't so, Joe. Looks like another post for the Amsterb!tch thread.
 
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